Set Up "FollowYou" Printing

Instead of trying to guess from a list of printers which one might be available when you need to print something important, you can print to one single, generic printer, called "Ross-FollowYou". When you choose the Ross-FollowYou printer, it actually places your document in a virtual queue on our network, which you can then access and print at any of the public Konica printing stations around Ross. Your print job(s) will be stored for several hours while you complete your work, and can only be printed by swiping your M-Card or entering your UMID number, making it secure.

Installing the Ross-FollowYou Printer

Before setting up printing, you must be on the Ross campus and connected to theMWireless-Ross network. (For instructions on connecting to the wireless network, click here.) Trying to print while connected to a different network, such as MGuest-Ross, or plugged into a wall-jack with an Ethernet cord will not work. Likewise, after you install the printer, any time you need to print to it you should be connected to MWireless-Ross.

On a Windows machine

Click the Start button, and enter the following into the "Run" or "Search" box: \\bus-print1\ross-followyou

Windows 8 users can bring up a "Search" box by moving their cursor to the upper-right side of the screen

Press Enter on your keyboard; wait a few moments and a login window will appear

Choose the option to sign is as a different user

Enter UMROOT\your_uniqname for a username and use your UM password; be sure to select "Remember my credentials"

Your computer will run through an install process, after which "Ross-FollowYou" will be listed as a printer on your computer

Remember, you must always be connected to the MWireless-Ross wireless network in order to print to the FollowYou printer

On a Mac

The following instructions will work for Mac OS 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, and 10.10, however 10.8 and 10.9 and 10.10 will require one extra step before you can proceed. Click here to see the extra step, which will appear below. If you are not sure what version of Mac OS you are using, click the Apple icon in the upper left corner of your screen and choose "About this Mac."

Apple's latest operating systems, 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and 10.9 (Mavericks), and 10.10 (Yosemite) require you to first change a security setting before you can proceed with the printer installation and configuration. The printer installer cannot do this for you, so please follow the steps below to proceed. If you are using 10.6, 10.7, you can skip to step two.

Step One: Changing the security setting

Open the Apple menu by clicking the icon in the upper-left corner of your screen

Click on System Preferences

From the top row, select Security & Privacy

In the bottom right corner, click the padlock and type in your Mac password, if prompted

Under the General tab, select Anywhere under "Allow apps downloaded from:"

Click Allow From Anywhere, if prompted

Once you do this, your screen should resemble the following, and you can close it.

Step Two: Install the print driver

If you haven't already done so, connect to the MWireless-Ross WiFi network using your uniqname and password, making sure you have chosen the option to "save your credentials to the keychain"